Walks Haunt in Iowa's 11-1 Loss to St. Paul
ST. PAUL, MN – The Iowa Cubs (51-74) ended their 2021 road set with a loss, falling to the St. Paul Saints (65-60) by a final score of 11-1 on Sunday afternoon at CHS Field. Dakota Mekkes made his second career start in his second straight starting assignment for the
ST. PAUL, MN – The Iowa Cubs (51-74) ended their 2021 road set with a loss, falling to the St. Paul Saints (65-60) by a final score of 11-1 on Sunday afternoon at CHS Field.
The I-Cubs pitchers continued to struggle through the middle innings. Hudson and Scott Kobos combined for five more walks, a hit batter, and two hits in the third and fourth innings to give the Saints three more runs, putting their total at six.
On the other side, Iowa couldn’t come up with offense to match.
POSTGAME NOTES:
- With today’s loss, the I-Cubs finish with a 30-35 road record for 2021.
- Iowa’s pitchers combined for a season-high 13 walks in today’s game. That number is just one off from the franchise record for walks in a nine-inning game.
- Seven of nine St. Paul batters took at least one walk today, with two batters walking twice and two batters walking three times. Six out of the 11 runners who scored for St. Paul reached on walks.
Levi Jordan extended his hitting streak to a season-long five games with a single in the fourth, whileChristopher Morel 's homer extended his own streak to four games.
Iowa will be back in action for game one of their final series of the year on Wednesday at Principal Park. First pitch between the I-Cubs and the visiting Omaha Storm Chasers is set for 12:08. For more information and tickets, visit www.iowacubs.com.